#56E5DD#56E5DD

#56E5DD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.122 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56E5DD
RGB	rgb(86, 229, 221)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -39.74, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 40.44, 190.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.1201 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.122 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9023, 63.2326, 78.2313)
Luminance	0.6324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56E5DD #E5565E

analogous

#56E595 #56E5DD #56A6E5

triadic

#56E5DD #DD56E5 #E5DD56

tetradic

#56E5DD #9556E5 #E5565E #A6E556

square

#56E5DD #9556E5 #E5565E #A6E556

split-complementary

#56E5DD #E556A6 #E59556

monochromatic

#1AA79F #22DCD2 #56E5DD #8BEDE8 #C0F5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#56E5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#56E5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56E5DD

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56E5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56E5DD	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56e5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 229, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.122 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eee7',
    500: '#56e5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56e5dd;
$custom-light: #96eee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56e5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.643,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84358,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56E5DD

secondary

#A9363D

accent

#101BD5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #56E5DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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